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Grady Sizemore
Grady (III) Sizemore

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut July 21, 2004

Born August 2, 1982 in Seattle, WA

Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2000. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 21 CLE AL  43  138   15   34   6  2   4   24   2  0  14  34  .246  .333  .406   97   56   0   2   0   5   0
 2005 22 CLE AL 158  640  111  185  37 11  22   81  22 10  52 132  .289  .348  .484  123  310   5   2   1   7  17 MVP-23
 2006 23 CLE AL 162  655  134  190  53 11  28   76  22  6  78 153  .290  .375  .533  132  349   1   4   8  13   2 MVP-11,AS
 2007 24 CLE AL 162  628  118  174  34  5  24   78  33 10 101 155  .277  .390  .462  122  290   0   2   9  17   3 MVP-12,AS
 2008 25 CLE AL  97  386   65  105  22  4  25   56  24  3  60  77  .272  .377  .544  142  210   0   1   7   6   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      622 2447  443  688 152 33 103  315 103 29 305 551  .281  .370  .497  127 1215   6  11  25  48  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        637  115  179  40  9  27   82  27  8  79 144  .281  .370  .497  127  316   2   3   7  13   7
 Career High    162  655  134  190  53 11  28   81  33 10 101 155  .290  .390  .544  142  349   5   4   9  17  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 21 CLE AL  159  106   21   5.3   104| .246  .263| .333  .330| .406  .423| .739  .753|  97  .510  -0.2   0.0 100%
 2005 22 CLE AL  706  489  105   5.7   102| .289  .263| .348  .326| .484  .418| .832  .743| 123  .571  20.0   1.9  68%
 2006 23 CLE AL  751  478  140   7.8   111| .290  .275| .375  .340| .533  .438| .908  .778| 132  .677  32.2   2.9  78%
 2007 24 CLE AL  748  469  126   7.2   110| .277  .274| .390  .342| .462  .429| .852  .772| 122  .655  23.0   2.1  76%
 2008 25 CLE AL  453  288   87   8.1   105| .272  .269| .377  .338| .544  .419| .921  .756| 142  .719  23.2   2.2  88%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2817 1830  479   7.0   107| .281  .270| .370  .336| .497  .426| .867  .763| 127  .646  98.2   9.1  78%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 21 CLE AL CF 42 105 0 1 0 .991 .988 2.50 2.35 2.71 2.64 38 348.3 2005 22 CLE AL CF 155 373 3 3 1 .992 .989 2.43 2.38 2.47 2.69 152 1370.0 2006 23 CLE AL CF 160 409 7 3 1 .993 .989 2.60 2.29 2.71 2.65 159 1379.3 AS DH 1 AS 2007 24 CLE AL CF 160 399 4 2 2 .995 .989 2.52 2.42 2.57 2.71 157 1408.7 GG,AS DH 1 AS 2008 25 CLE AL CF 95 237 1 1 0 .996 .988 2.51 2.37 2.57 2.69 95 835.0 DH 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 21 CLE AL CF 42 105 0 1 0 .991 .988 2.50 2.35 2.71 2.64 38 348.3 2005 22 CLE AL CF 155 373 3 3 1 .992 .989 2.43 2.38 2.47 2.69 152 1370.0 2006 23 CLE AL CF 160 409 7 3 1 .993 .989 2.60 2.29 2.71 2.65 159 1379.3 2007 24 CLE AL CF 160 399 4 2 2 .995 .989 2.52 2.42 2.57 2.71 157 1408.7 2008 25 CLE AL CF 95 237 1 1 0 .996 .988 2.51 2.37 2.57 2.69 95 835.0 2006 23 CLE AL DH 1 2007 24 CLE AL DH 1 2008 25 CLE AL DH 2 2004 21 CLE AL OF 42 105 0 1 0 .991 .985 2.50 2.05 2.71 2.30 38 348.3 2005 22 CLE AL OF 155 373 3 3 1 .992 .986 2.43 2.05 2.47 2.30 152 1370.0 2006 23 CLE AL OF 160 409 7 3 1 .993 .986 2.60 1.99 2.71 2.30 159 1379.3 2007 24 CLE AL OF 160 399 4 2 2 .995 .987 2.52 2.00 2.57 2.30 157 1408.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total CF* 612 1523 15 10 4 .994 .989 2.51 2.36 2.59 2.68 601 5341.3 DH 4 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 517 1286 14 9 4 .993 .986 2.51 2.02 2.60 2.30 506 4506
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   ALDS  CLE NYY     W   4  16   3   6  0  1  1   1   4   4  .375  .524  .688   1  1   0   0   1 
        ALCS  CLE BOS     L   7  27   6   6  2  0  1   2   4   5  .222  .313  .407   1  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1  11  43   9  12  2  1  2   3   8   9  .279  .396  .512   2  1   0   1   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2006   CLE AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 2007   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2006 *
2007 *

Gold Gloves
2007-AL--OF

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2005-AL-23-0.01
2006-AL-11-0.06
2007-AL-12-0.04
Car-854-0.11 shares

Slugging %
2008 AL-.544-7

OPS
2008 AL-.922-9

Games
2006 AL-162-1
2007 AL-162-1

At Bats
2005 AL-640-9
2006 AL-655-3
2007 AL-628-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2005 AL-706-8
2006 AL-751-2
2007 AL-748-1
2008 AL-453-5

Runs
2005 AL-111-9
2006 AL-134-1
2007 AL-118-4
2008 AL-65-6

Hits
2006 AL-190-7

Total Bases
2005 AL-310-9
2006 AL-349-2
2008 AL-210-3

Doubles
2006 AL-53-1

Triples
2005 AL-11-3
2006 AL-11-2
2008 AL-4-6

Home Runs
2008 AL-25-2

Bases on Balls
2007 AL-101-5
2008 AL-60-5

Strikeouts
2005 AL-132-4
2006 AL-153-3
2007 AL-155-2

Stolen Bases
2007 AL-33-6
2008 AL-24-7

Adjusted OPS+
2008 AL-142-10

Runs Created
2006 AL-140-2
2007 AL-126-6
2008 AL-87-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
2008 AL-23-6

Batting Wins
2008 AL-2.2-6

Extra-Base Hits
2005 AL-70-10
2006 AL-92-1
2008 AL-51-3

Times on Base
2006 AL-281-3
2007 AL-292-4
2008 AL-171-3

Offensive Win%
2006 AL-.677-9
2007 AL-.655-10
2008 AL-.719-4

Hit By Pitch
2006 AL-13-4
2007 AL-17-5

Intentional Walks
2008 AL-7-8

Caught Stealing
2005 AL-10-5
2007 AL-10-2

Power/Speed Number
2005 AL-22.0-4
2006 AL-24.6-2
2007 AL-27.8-2
2008 AL-24.5-1

At Bats per Home Run
2008 AL-15.4-6

Outs
2005 AL-489-4
2006 AL-478-2
2007 AL-469-6

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (306) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 40 (603) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.0 (662) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 24.0 (680) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2000.

June 27, 2002: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, and Lee Stevens to the Cleveland Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Cleveland Indians$318,300
2006Cleveland Indians$500,000
2007Cleveland Indians$916,667
Career (may be incomplete)$1,734,967

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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